noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
windfall tax
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
gain
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Meanwhile for the transnational companies that dominate the global coffee economy, the slump in coffee prices is generating windfall gains .
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There was no shortage of opinions on what to do with the windfall gains .
profit
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Would the Minister find it acceptable if the same sort of windfall profits were made by the beneficiaries of the sell-offs?
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For a short-term gain of a one-off windfall profit , far greater future losses were stored up.
tax
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Labour has imposed the utility windfall tax , introduced the minimum wage and ramped up petrol duty.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The merger could mean a $2.2 billion windfall for shareholders.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Building societies were converting into banks, insurance companies were changing their status, the air was thick with windfalls.
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But for those with guts, some of the highest yields around can be found here -- and even an occasional windfall .
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Mazzocchi said taxes to buy insurance for the uninsured would be a windfall for the insurance industry.
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Meanwhile for the transnational companies that dominate the global coffee economy, the slump in coffee prices is generating windfall gains.
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Voice over For growers across Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire the extra demand for apples is truly an unexpected windfall .
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Would the Minister find it acceptable if the same sort of windfall profits were made by the beneficiaries of the sell-offs?